CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jeremy Bentham, Market Manipulation, Incapacitation (Penology)
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Crime is seen as a rational choice. Behaviour can be deterred through fear of punishment. People are egotistical, rational, and motivated by pain and pleasure. Behaviour can be modified by fear of punishment. Must provide the greatest good for the greatest number (utilitarianism) Individuals give up some freedom in return for social protection. Must be written, transparent, rational, and just. Four objectives of punishment: prevent all criminal offences, convince the offender to commit the least serious crime possible, to ensure that a criminal uses no more than necessary, to prevent crime as cheaply as possible. The law shall only inflict such punishments as are strictly and clearly necessary. france, Everyone has the right not to be subjected to any cruel and unusual treatment or punishment. canada, 1982. Most crimes pay less than legitimate work. Profits are reduced by costs of crime. Focus on charateristics related to specific crimes (opportunity, etc ) Offenders evaluate their own skills for crime.